# Can the Post-Trade Transparency Deferrals for Large Bond Trades Be Quantitatively Linked to Market Quality? ▴ Question

**Published:** 2025-08-13
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## Concept

The inquiry into the quantitative relationship between [post-trade transparency deferrals](https://prime.greeks.live/question/how-do-post-trade-transparency-deferrals-for-lis-trades-affect-algorithmic-trading-strategies/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) and bond [market quality](https://prime.greeks.live/question/how-can-pre-trade-analytics-differentiate-between-high-quality-and-low-quality-quotes-in-an-rfq-auction/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) is an examination of a core structural tension in modern financial markets. At its heart, this is a systems engineering problem. The objective is to design a market architecture that delivers the public good of price transparency while preserving the essential function of liquidity provision, particularly for large-scale transactions. For the institutional participant, understanding this dynamic is fundamental to navigating the market, managing execution risk, and anticipating the true cost of liquidity.

A market’s quality is a multi-dimensional concept, primarily defined by its liquidity and price efficiency. Liquidity represents the capacity to execute large transactions rapidly with minimal price impact. Price efficiency is the degree to which asset prices reflect all available information, providing reliable signals for capital allocation. The regulatory push toward greater transparency, epitomized by frameworks like Europe’s [MiFID II](https://prime.greeks.live/area/mifid-ii/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) and the US’s [TRACE](https://prime.greeks.live/area/trace/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) (Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine), is founded on the principle that disseminating trade data enhances price efficiency and levels the informational playing field for all investors.

> Post-trade transparency deferrals are a calibrated mechanism designed to mitigate the risk to liquidity providers who facilitate large bond trades.

This principle encounters a critical boundary condition when dealing with large bond trades, often termed “block” trades. A dealer who facilitates such a trade by taking a large position onto its own balance sheet assumes significant inventory risk. The dealer must unwind or hedge this position over time. If the details of that large trade are published in real-time, the dealer’s position becomes public knowledge.

Other market participants, including high-frequency traders, can use this information to trade ahead of the dealer’s subsequent hedging trades, driving the price against the dealer. This phenomenon, known as adverse selection or information leakage, increases the dealer’s risk and costs. To compensate for this elevated risk, dealers may widen their bid-ask spreads, reduce the size of trades they are willing to facilitate, or decline to provide liquidity altogether. The result is a direct degradation of market quality, specifically a reduction in liquidity for the very transactions that are often most critical for institutional investors like pension funds and asset managers.

[Post-trade transparency](https://prime.greeks.live/area/post-trade-transparency/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) deferrals are the regulatory instrument designed to resolve this conflict. By allowing the publication of large trade details to be delayed ▴ for a period ranging from minutes to several weeks ▴ regulators provide a temporary shield for the liquidity provider. This shield grants the dealer a window of time to manage the inventory risk of the large position without broadcasting their activity to the entire market. The central question, therefore, is not if a link exists between these deferrals and market quality, but how to quantify it to calibrate the deferral periods optimally.

An overly short deferral fails to protect [liquidity providers](https://prime.greeks.live/question/what-role-do-non-bank-liquidity-providers-play-in-offering-deep-liquidity/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite), harming the market. An excessively long deferral needlessly obscures price information from the public, undermining the primary goal of transparency. The quantitative challenge lies in finding the precise equilibrium where the benefits of transparency are maximized without crippling the willingness of market makers to facilitate large-scale capital allocation.

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## Strategy

Establishing a quantitative link between [post-trade deferrals](https://prime.greeks.live/question/what-are-the-key-differences-between-pre-trade-waivers-and-post-trade-deferrals/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) and market quality requires a strategic framework grounded in the direct measurement of dealer risk. The most effective methodologies focus on the concept of the “trade-out period” or “time to hedge.” This metric quantifies the duration a liquidity provider requires to neutralize the risk of a large position acquired from a client. It serves as a direct, evidence-based proxy for the period of heightened risk where immediate transparency would be most damaging. The strategy, therefore, is to align the length of the regulatory deferral with this empirically measured trade-out period.

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## Defining the Analytical Framework

The core of the strategy involves segmenting the [bond market](https://prime.greeks.live/area/bond-market/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) and analyzing the unique trading dynamics within each segment. A one-size-fits-all approach to deferrals is ineffective because the time required to unwind a position varies dramatically based on the characteristics of the bond and the size of the trade. The analysis must be stratified across several dimensions to yield a meaningful calibration.

The primary steps in this strategic framework are:

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**Data Aggregation and Cleansing** ▴ The first operational stage is to assemble a comprehensive dataset of transaction-level bond trades from a regulatory source like TRACE or MiFID II repositories. This data must include precise execution timestamps, trade sizes, prices, and instrument identifiers (e.g. ISIN or CUSIP). Crucially, it must also contain associated bond characteristic data, such as issue size, maturity, credit rating, and a classification of the bond type (e.g. sovereign, corporate investment-grade, corporate high-yield). Data quality is a significant challenge, as inconsistent reporting can distort analysis.

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**Market Segmentation** ▴ The bond market is not monolithic. The dataset must be segmented into logical categories that reflect distinct liquidity profiles. A typical segmentation might categorize bonds based on asset class (sovereign vs. corporate), credit quality (high-grade vs. high-yield), and issue size (large, benchmark issues vs. smaller, less liquid issues). Trade sizes are also categorized, often using quantiles, to differentiate between small retail trades and large institutional blocks.

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**Trade-Out Period Calculation** ▴ For each market segment and trade size category, the analysis proceeds to calculate the average and distributional properties of the trade-out period. The methodology involves identifying a large “initiating” trade and then tracking the subsequent trading activity of the likely dealer to determine how long it takes them to offload that position. This is a complex analytical task, often involving algorithms to identify and net offsetting trades, but it provides a direct measure of risk duration.

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**Calibration of Deferral Tiers** ▴ The final step is to use the empirical results from the [trade-out period analysis](https://prime.greeks.live/question/how-does-the-margin-period-of-risk-influence-initial-margin-calculations-for-cleared-and-uncleared-trades/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) to design a tiered deferral system. Deferral lengths are mapped to the calculated risk durations for each market segment. For instance, highly liquid sovereign bonds traded in small sizes might have a very short trade-out period, justifying real-time or end-of-day transparency. Conversely, a large block of a thinly traded high-yield bond might have a trade-out period measured in weeks, justifying a much longer deferral.

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## Comparative Data Requirements for Analysis

A robust [quantitative analysis](https://prime.greeks.live/area/quantitative-analysis/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite) depends on the richness of the underlying data. The table below outlines the essential data fields required to execute this strategic framework, distinguishing between core transaction data and the vital instrument-level reference data.

| Data Category | Required Data Fields | Purpose in Analysis |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transaction Data | Unique Trade ID, ISIN/CUSIP, Execution Timestamp (to the millisecond), Reported Price, Reported Volume/Notional, Venue of Execution, Buy/Sell Indicator. | Forms the basis of the analysis, allowing for the identification of initiating trades and the tracking of subsequent hedging activity. |
| Instrument Reference Data | ISIN/CUSIP, Issuer Name, Asset Class (Corporate, Sovereign, etc.), Credit Rating (e.g. S&P, Moody’s), Coupon Rate, Maturity Date, Amount Outstanding (Issue Size). | Enables the critical market segmentation required to compare liquidity profiles and calculate meaningful, segment-specific trade-out periods. |
| Regulatory Data | Current Deferral Status (e.g. LIS, SSTI), Publication Timestamp. | Allows for “before-and-after” analysis, comparing market quality metrics under different transparency regimes and validating the impact of existing deferrals. |

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## Alternative Methodologies and Their Limitations

While the trade-out period analysis is the most direct approach, other quantitative methods can be used to assess the impact of transparency on market quality. These often involve regression analysis where a market quality metric (like bid-ask spread or price impact) is the dependent variable, and a dummy variable for whether a trade was subject to a deferral is a key independent variable.

A simplified model might look like:

_BidAskSpread = β₀ + β₁(TradeSize) + β₂(Volatility) + β₃(IsDeferred) + ε_

In this model, the coefficient β₃ would capture the marginal effect of a transparency deferral on the bid-ask spread. A negative and statistically significant β₃ would suggest that deferrals are associated with tighter spreads (improved market quality). However, this approach is more indirect. It shows a correlation but struggles to isolate the causal mechanism as cleanly as the trade-out period analysis, which directly measures the underlying source of dealer risk that deferrals are intended to mitigate.

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## Execution

The execution of a quantitative analysis to link post-trade deferrals to market quality is a multi-stage process that moves from raw data to actionable policy calibration. It requires a combination of data engineering, statistical modeling, and a deep understanding of fixed-income [market microstructure](https://prime.greeks.live/area/market-microstructure/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite). This section provides a granular playbook for conducting such an analysis, focusing on the trade-out period methodology as the core evaluative tool.

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## Phase 1 Quantitative Modeling and Data Analysis

The foundational step is the construction of a robust analytical dataset. This involves more than simply downloading data; it requires careful cleaning, filtering, and augmentation of transaction reports with instrument-level characteristics. As noted by market authorities, data quality can be a substantial impediment, with inconsistent use of flags or reporting errors requiring a dedicated cleansing phase.

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## Hypothetical Trade Data Sample

Imagine we have collected a sample of post-trade reports for corporate bonds. The raw data would resemble the table below, which forms the input for our analysis.

| Trade ID | ISIN | Timestamp (UTC) | Trade Size (USD) | Bond Type | Issue Size (USD Bn) | Credit Rating |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| T001 | US123456AB78 | 2025-08-13 14:30:01.123 | 50,000,000 | Corporate IG | 2.5 | A+ |
| T002 | US987654CD32 | 2025-08-13 14:32:15.456 | 250,000 | Corporate HY | 0.5 | BB- |
| T003 | US123456AB78 | 2025-08-13 14:35:45.789 | 5,000,000 | Corporate IG | 2.5 | A+ |
| T004 | US555444EF67 | 2025-08-13 14:38:02.321 | 25,000,000 | Corporate IG | 0.8 | BBB |
| T005 | US987654CD32 | 2025-08-13 14:40:11.987 | 10,000,000 | Corporate HY | 0.5 | BB- |

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## Calculating Trade-Out Periods

The analytical engine of the execution phase is the algorithm that calculates the trade-out period. For each large “initiating” trade (e.g. Trade T001 for $50M), the process is as follows:

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**Identify the Initiating Trade** ▴ Define a threshold for what constitutes a large block trade that would put a dealer at risk. This could be a fixed notional amount or a percentage of the bond’s average daily volume.

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**Track Subsequent Trades** ▴ Monitor all subsequent trades in the same ISIN. The assumption is that the dealer who absorbed the initial block will now be active on the other side of the market, selling off the position in smaller increments.

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**Net the Positions** ▴ Sum the volume of these smaller, offsetting trades over time until the cumulative volume equals the size of the initial block.

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**Measure the Duration** ▴ The trade-out period is the time elapsed between the initial block trade and the final offsetting trade that completes the unwinding of the position.

This process is repeated for thousands of initiating trades across all market segments to build a statistical distribution of [trade-out periods](https://prime.greeks.live/question/what-are-the-specific-post-trade-deferral-periods-allowed-by-different-national-competent-authorities-in-the-eu/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite). The output is a granular map of risk duration.

> The ultimate goal of the quantitative execution is to produce an evidence-based deferral schedule that is finely tuned to the measured risk within different segments of the bond market.

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## Phase 2 Predictive Scenario Analysis and Calibration

With the trade-out periods calculated, the next step is to use this data to construct a calibrated deferral framework. This involves analyzing the distribution of these periods and setting thresholds that cover a sufficient portion of the risk duration for dealers.

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## Synthesized Trade-Out Period Results

After processing a large dataset, the analysis might yield results like those summarized in the following table. This table shows the median and 95th percentile trade-out periods for different bond types and trade sizes. The 95th percentile is particularly important as it indicates the time required to hedge even in adverse market conditions, providing a robust buffer for liquidity providers.

| Bond Category | Trade Size Category | Median Trade-Out Period | 95th Percentile Trade-Out Period |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sovereign (G7) | < $10M | 5 Minutes | 30 Minutes |
| Sovereign (G7) | > $50M | 2 Hours | 24 Hours (T+1) |
| Corporate IG (Large Cap) | < $5M | 15 Minutes | 2 Hours |
| Corporate IG (Large Cap) | > $25M | 8 Hours | 3 Business Days |
| Corporate HY (Illiquid) | < $1M | 1 Day | 5 Business Days |
| Corporate HY (Illiquid) | > $10M | 7 Business Days | 20 Business Days (4 Weeks) |

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## Designing the Deferral Regime

The final execution step translates these quantitative findings into a concrete, tiered deferral policy. The principle is to align the deferral period with the 95th percentile trade-out period to ensure the regime is resilient. This data-driven approach moves the discussion away from arbitrary timeframes and toward an empirically justified structure.

Based on the table above, a proposed deferral framework could be:

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**Tier 1 (Real-Time/EOD)** ▴ For trades in highly liquid instruments with trade-out periods measured in minutes or a few hours (e.g. G7 sovereign bonds, smaller IG corporate trades), transparency can be near-real-time or at the end of the day without materially harming liquidity.

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**Tier 2 (Short Deferral)** ▴ For trades with risk horizons of a few days (e.g. large IG corporate bonds), a deferral of two to three business days (T+2 or T+3) would be appropriate.

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**Tier 3 (Extended Deferral)** ▴ For the least liquid segments and largest trades, where unwinding a position can take weeks (e.g. large high-yield bond blocks), deferrals of up to four weeks may be necessary to persuade dealers to provide capital.

This quantitative linkage provides regulators with a defensible methodology for setting transparency rules. For institutional traders, understanding this linkage is paramount. It explains the underlying mechanics of liquidity in the bond market, allows for better prediction of execution costs for large orders, and provides a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of market regulation. It transforms the abstract concept of “market quality” into a measurable and manageable set of variables.

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## References

- Association for Financial Markets in Europe. “New EU sovereign bond trading data underlines need for careful post-trade deferrals calibration.” AFME, 13 Oct. 2022.

- European Securities and Markets Authority. “Consultation Paper on the transparency regime for non-equity instruments.” ESMA, 10 Mar. 2020.

- International Capital Market Association. “Bond market post-trade transparency regimes.” ICMA, 6 Apr. 2020.

- Association for Financial Markets in Europe, et al. “Joint association statement on MIFIR RTS 2 post-trade deferrals for bonds.” 3 Oct. 2024.

- Autorité des Marchés Financiers. “Review of bond market transparency under MIFID II.” AMF, 10 Mar. 2020.

- Bessembinder, Hendrik, and William Maxwell. “Transparency and the Corporate Bond Market.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 22, no. 2, 2008, pp. 217-34.

- Harris, Larry. Trading and Exchanges ▴ Market Microstructure for Practitioners. Oxford University Press, 2003.

- Asquith, Paul, et al. “Liquidity of Corporate Bonds.” The Journal of Finance, vol. 60, no. 2, 2005, pp. 941-75.

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## Reflection

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## From Data Points to Systemic Integrity

The quantitative exercise of linking deferrals to market quality moves beyond a mere academic or regulatory task. It provides a foundational lens through which to view the entire operational system of fixed-income trading. The data-driven calibration of a transparency regime is a testament to the market’s evolving architecture ▴ a system that must be engineered with precision to balance competing objectives.

For the institutional principal, the insights gained from this analysis are not simply about understanding rules. They are about understanding the fundamental physics of liquidity in the bond market.

This knowledge transforms an operational framework from a set of reactive procedures into a proactive, intelligent system. Recognizing the specific, measured risk duration associated with a large high-yield trade versus a sovereign bond trade allows a portfolio manager or trader to structure orders, set execution benchmarks, and manage expectations with a higher degree of fidelity. It allows for a more sophisticated dialogue with liquidity providers, grounded in a shared understanding of the underlying risks. The deferral period ceases to be an abstract regulatory footnote and becomes a critical variable in the equation of execution strategy.

Ultimately, mastering the market’s structure requires seeing it not as a black box, but as a complex, yet understandable, system of interconnected components. The quantitative analysis of transparency is a critical tool for illuminating that system.

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## Glossary

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## Post-Trade Transparency Deferrals

Post-trade deferrals create an information asymmetry that advanced algorithms exploit by inferring latent liquidity to optimize execution. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/question/how-can-pre-trade-analytics-differentiate-between-high-quality-and-low-quality-quotes-in-an-rfq-auction/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Market Quality

Pre-trade analytics differentiate quotes by systematically scoring counterparty reliability and predicting execution quality beyond price. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/area/mifid-ii/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Mifid Ii

Meaning ▴ MiFID II, the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, constitutes a comprehensive regulatory framework enacted by the European Union to govern financial markets, investment firms, and trading venues. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/area/trace/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Trace

Meaning ▴ TRACE signifies a critical system designed for the comprehensive collection, dissemination, and analysis of post-trade transaction data within a specific asset class, primarily for regulatory oversight and market transparency. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/area/post-trade-transparency/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Post-Trade Transparency

Meaning ▴ Post-Trade Transparency defines the public disclosure of executed transaction details, encompassing price, volume, and timestamp, after a trade has been completed. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/question/what-role-do-non-bank-liquidity-providers-play-in-offering-deep-liquidity/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Liquidity Providers

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## Post-Trade Deferrals

Pre-trade waivers exempt large orders from pre-execution display; post-trade deferrals delay the reporting of executed large trades. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/area/bond-market/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Bond Market

Meaning ▴ The Bond Market constitutes the global ecosystem for the issuance, trading, and settlement of debt securities, serving as a critical mechanism for capital formation and risk transfer where entities borrow funds by issuing fixed-income instruments to investors. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/question/how-does-the-margin-period-of-risk-influence-initial-margin-calculations-for-cleared-and-uncleared-trades/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Trade-Out Period Analysis

The Margin Period of Risk dictates initial margin by setting a longer risk horizon for uncleared trades, increasing capital costs to incentivize central clearing. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/area/quantitative-analysis/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Quantitative Analysis

Meaning ▴ Quantitative Analysis involves the application of mathematical, statistical, and computational methods to financial data for the purpose of identifying patterns, forecasting market movements, and making informed investment or trading decisions. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/area/market-microstructure/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Market Microstructure

Meaning ▴ Market Microstructure refers to the study of the processes and rules by which securities are traded, focusing on the specific mechanisms of price discovery, order flow dynamics, and transaction costs within a trading venue. </a><a href="https://prime.greeks.live/question/what-are-the-specific-post-trade-deferral-periods-allowed-by-different-national-competent-authorities-in-the-eu/?utm_source=options.greeks.live&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=satellite" class="glossary-item-box">
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## Trade-Out Periods

Post-trade deferrals are a calibrated mechanism within MiFIR, granting NCAs discretion to delay trade publication to mitigate market impact. </a>

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